Prestige Projects: The Road to National Revival? | Jacob Atkinson
“Decades of short-sighted economic and social policy have combined to reveal the inherent structural weaknesses that must be urgently addressed if Britain is to be regarded as a serious country once again and to remain at the rank of a first-world economy.…”
Easter economics — inflation stagflation | Chris Davies
What goes up must come down apparently but not for a while at least in the case of inflation and it’s nasty cousin, stagflation. The latest economic metrics make for grim reading. Despite the slew of “good news” from the government last week, this week has been politically bruising.
The Great ‘British’ Reset | Chris Davies
I have spent some time of late contemplating the direction of travel of the United Kingdom in the run up to the forthcoming local elections, which will be a timely assessment of the government’s popularity, coming as they do broadly half way through a 5 year term.
I summarise below 6 key issues that I believe will affect voting intentions in the forthcoming local elections
Spring Statement 2022 — an economic analysis | Chris Davies
Along with his Instagram account and his wife’s £12M dividend from Infosys, who continue “business as usual” trading in their Moscow office, Sunak would do well to keep his head buried in the red ink of inflation, energy hikes and resulting falling living standards that are the perfect alchemy for electoral distress for the government at the local elections in May.
Now there’s more interest in economic data | Chris Davies
Whilst it would be churlish to ignore the impact of COVID-19 and it is only reasonable to acknowledge the effect of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, it would also be foolish to pretend that the majority of the turbulence the UK economy is suffering and will endure in 2022 does not emanate from government “policy”.
The trouble with suppresing inflation — no energy or interest | Chris Davies
We are living in a period of macroeconomic instability, which combined with the highest level of geopolitical instability since 1945, could have a severe, negative impact on the lives of millions of British subjects.
The government needs to act decisively, ditch Net Zero dogma and restore control over interest rate policy to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whose possession it should never have left.
The cost of Covid-19 — £1Trillion and counting | Chris Davies
However well intentioned and accepting the extraordinary circumstances, this is why “the state is not great” when it comes to large scale procurement (this is far from the first state backed IT project that has cost billions and failed to perform) and should never provide a blank cheque to industry as a loan guarantor.
Boris’ tax hikes are wrong - but not for the reasons you might think | Sam Hall
Before the UK can fix its social and healthcare problems, it needs to fix its personnel problem in the long-term. We don’t need more tax that will be swallowed by the bureaucratic machine of ‘Diversity Managers’ and overpaid NHS managers, long before it reaches the hard-working front-line staff- nor can we consider nationalising social care without the people to fund it- the long-term investment to make the system fair and sustainable now we're all living longer, healthier lives.
The G7 has outlived its purpose | Orthodox Conservatives
The structural flaws would be enough to make many international organisations ineffective, but with the G7 this is only the tip of the accursed iceberg. The G7 has been used as a platform for progressive liberal policies for decades and seems to be far more effective at prosecuting these goals rather than carrying out any significant economic or diplomatic initiatives. For example, the Prime Minister called for a “more feminine and gender-neutral” recovery to the COVID pandemic at the most recent summit. Similarly, aid to the developing world has been a top priority of the group, even as members face declining living standards in the working class due to globalisation and production offshoring. For the average citizen of the US or UK, the tangible benefits of G7 membership are close to zero.